Bǎiwàn mǎi zhái; qiānwàn mǎi lín.

百萬買宅, 千萬買鄰。

Lit [It may cost a] million to buy a house, [but] ten million to find [good] neighbors.

Fig Good neighbors are hard to find. Good neighbors are even more important than the quality of one's house.

Note [A line from a Song dynasty poem by Xīng Qíjí; see also fángzi hǎo zhù and qiānjīn mǎi chǎn below.]

Topics HOUSES NEIGHBORS Song dynasty Xīng_Qíjí